I don't get creepy passive-aggressive notes on Valentine's Day from boys who don't understand the difference between pornography and looking good while being female.
I don't get denied a voice to speak about something that matters very much to me.
I don't have the possibility of moving to a state where medical rape is mandated for me under certain conditions.
I won't get fired for asking to do what is clearly the most medically-sound thing to do for my newborn baby.
Geez, this was a depressing news day for me. I mean, for Susan. And any daughters we might have in the future. And, well, you know, half of the human race!
Note: Nothing in this post should be taken as an indication that I'm anti-BYU Honor Code, pro-abortion, or anti-women-who-choose-not-to-breastfeed. I'm not.
4 comments:
I actually think it is a sad news day for Everyone in the human race. Those things influence everyone. Not only woman.
Rachel wrote exactly what I was going to.
Love your blog. Great post.
I'm a new fan.
For all the "equal rights" stuff people spout, society still treats women like dirt.
My "pet outrage" is how a woman can be anything she wants --- as long as she is "hot." No one cared about what Colin Powell wore on his tour of the Middle East, yet Condoleeza Rice was constantly heckled for her fashion choices.
And yet, if a woman is "too hot," she is considered morally loose, like she's "asking for it."
Have you heard about Monica Lewinsky? Seventeen years later, she is still a social pariah, yet Bill Clinton seems to have gotten off Scott-free. How is that fair? Our sexual double standard still prevails.
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